How do I install Snow Leopard from grey screen?

I have an iMac that went to a grey screen. I could not veryify or repair HD - had to erase (repaird and verified HD after erase). Tried to reinstall Snow Leopard. However, in order to get to the install screen, I have to reboot several times. When the CD does show the install screen, it starts the installation, but soon quits, (after 4 hours, it still said 31 minutes and the blue bar had stopped-no sound coming from the iMac). I tried all of the on-line trouble shooting procedures before having to erase the HD. Luckily everything is backed up on the Time Machine HD. All peripherial equipment is disconnected - even the Crucial memory module is removed, leaving a 1 GB Apple memory module in. I have tried several times to reinstall S/L, the iMac seems to start OK and then just goes to sleep after a short time. Any answers?

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Second, there is no way to successfully degrade an OS to a previous version. You would have to install anew a previous OS, thereby erasing all your data. Then you would take that version up as far as you want to go.
Of course if you've been using Time Machine you can recover to the prior system and retain your files using that.
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http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/15638.html
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oh right - so clone Mac B onto Mac A HD in taget disk mode using SuperDuper (or Carbon Copy Cloner), then i'll be able to boot Mac A in SL.
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